CLASS XX. ORDER I. 343 



Orchis fimbriata. Ait. Fimbriated Orchis. 



Lip spreading, scarcely longer than the petals, fla- 

 belliform, fimbriate, three parted, the divisions nearly- 

 equal and flat; lateral petals fimbriate-toothed, spur 

 filiform, club-shaped, longer than the germ ; leaves 

 lanceolate. 

 Syn. Habenaria fimbriata. Br. 



A very beautiful plant. Stem two feet high, with several 

 broad-lanceolate, smooth leaves, and ending in a large spike of 

 purple flowers. Germs incurved, thickened in the middle. Pe- 

 tals five, spreading, the two inner ones fringed. Lip of the nec- 

 tary somewhat exceeding the petals, divided into three segments, 

 which are wedge shaped, spreading like a fan, three parted, the 

 segments nearly equal, fringed, flat and not connivent. Upper 

 lip entire. Spur considerably longer than the germ. — Meadows. 

 — July. — Perennial. 



I have ascertained that this is the O. fimbrita of Pursh by his 

 • herbarium, and also of Willdenow, ^c?e Muhlenbergii. 



* Orchis grandiflora. Large jlotcering Orchis. 



O. labello dependente petalis duplo longiore, tripar- 

 tito, laciniis ciineiformibus, inciso-Jimbriatis imterine- 

 dio ; maximo Jimbriis conniventibus ; petalis laterali- 

 bus dentato-Jimbriatis ; cornu adscendente, clavato, ger- 

 mine longiore ; foliis ovato-oblongis. 



Lip dependent, twice as long as the petals, three 

 parted, the divisions wedge-shaped and fimbriate, the 

 middle one largest with connivent fimbrige ; lateral 

 petals fimbriate ; spur ascending, clavate, longer than 

 the germ : leaves oval-oblong. 

 Syn. Habenaria grandiflora. Torr. Sfc. 



This elegant plant grows to the height of two feet and upwards. 

 Stem thick, angular, fistulous. Lower leaves oblong-oval, ob- 

 tuse; upper ones and bractes lanceolate, acuminate. Spike oval- 



